The three finalists were selected by a jury and with input from West Dallas stakeholders, including reps from La Bajada and business folk and artists living on that side of the Margaret Hunt Hill. Brent Brown, head of CityDesign Studio, says his folks and some from the Trinity Trust also had a say-so, and that "it was a a pretty nice cross section."

Michael Beene's entry

Brown tells Unfair Park this evening, "The whole theme of this was to bring a level of critical thinking through ideas to how something like a utility substation exists in the city. We can't do without it, right? You need to turn on our lights. Which is why Oncor's a partner. They have safety and functional concerns. So there was a call for ideas, and we had 52 submissions from 13 countries, which is pretty cool when you think about it."